Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-08

N mis- POCKET, OeSiueS some important
Ders.
It Rome Wednesday Maj. Sam Morgan
thirty turkeys OF bis own raising,
liZing from the lot $40. he has about
'ty more at his home.
ebert C. Smith, an old citizen of Pu-
ii county, Gied al his home on Bluff
* on Christmas morning last and was
led at his old homestead.
rs rumored that the new Council OF
3r kson VIII so reduce the tax on whisky
Aich has heretofore been $40. 000-a5 to
+. n allow the sale OF it in the city,
r5 Conyers Thursday 5. j. COwan re-
rs ed several painful injuries by fall
Ia the loft of his barn. His injuries,
800 gh serious, are not considered dan
r7us.
8. CarrolPs Touring mill, located
a.; three miles from Roswell, was
' ly destroyed by fire night before last.
r. as supposed to be the work of an in
ecu larry.
Ar Cedartown the residence of Mr..
& fes f. West was entered by a burglar
"a pGnesday night dur NJ the absence OF
aimself and wife and gold watch, pis-
C.. aud lot of jewelry were stolen.
W.P. Norman, merchant living seven
r@3ea east OF McDonough, had his store
louise and STOCK OF goods burned Wednes-
day hight. HIS loss is said to be about
A. ora. The fire was the work of an in
p1lbry.
3gifasEi county farmers have employed
ssapl hands for 1887 for 500 and rations.
Il @aaf farmers are giving portions OF their
erptA, Some declare that no money can
~ ri i1e on cotton at &c. TO SC. and hands
as o.
Md. j. +. Jones. of Troup county, has
to the Agricultural Department at
flanta a stalk of cot.on raised from his
AgNg3ved seed, containing $50 bOlls, the
paad cotton IN which it is estimated will
9.iah four pounds.
Secretary l.. Q. C. Lamar has been
3socted as alumni orator to serve at the
appFcaching commencement at Oxford.
&c das been notified of his election, and
ae Nslory is very much endeared to him,
X more than probable that he will ac-
tThursday, as a wagon belonging
~ S. Stephens, OF Chattahoochee cOun-
o. turning home from Columbus, a
hold negro child OF Jane hardisOn
HMKhi1e the team was going down n
md was run over and instantly
Macon Wednesday Mrs. Williams
H. to visit Maj. Ross family after
ANAL wedding, and slipping on the
&vtment, she fell and sustained a
WM fracture of one Of her lower
EEhe was carried back home and
HNxies attended to.
~ "a oEe-armed wheelwright
-Junty, was Killed Wednesday
~ Aa45n sting the machinery on a new
Wbeel on NalPs C eek. His leg
Lru6hed and he was injured inter-
Tic was go years OF age and leaves
II Band several children.
xzday night last at midnight eleven
LONE aud stores in Hawkinsville dis
E&9ed the sale of liquor. Their
Hfss6 IS pired by reason OF the adoption
\ AHx IL option Feb. 10, 1856. Six houses
vAstcontinue the sale until the middle Of
HAIRY, when they will stop.
r. freeman has addressed a letter
Oh of fEa Geor Eia Senators and mem
on the SUBJECT of preserving Yellow
Park as a public domain. He
es in behalf of NE American sports
the National Gun Association and
overs of the beautiful In nature.
hn Phinazee, OF Barnesvllle, has been
srlng some time with cancer OF the
; of mis- left arm. He went to Atlanta
ntly to see Drs. estmoreiand and
Y. They decided his arm would have
ONE OFF just below the shoulder, and
Iutation will be attempted jan. 10.
r. j. II. Oakley died near Milledge-
2 in the lunatIc asylum, Of paralysis,
.. C. 20. He was for many years use
1i tIzen Of HawkInsyIle. He settled
n fair county several years ago. and
sent to the State lunatic asylum
11 eleven months ago. He was Mas
as0n and a member of the Royal
--, Chapter.
Pulaski Cotton Seed Oil Mill was
blip hgfOrA ha nrf
'l- door in Hawkinsville on Tuesday
satisfy mortgage. The property
d OF by Charles L. Lathrop at $l0,-
vi. he original stock OF the company
$3.50 lout $1,000. The mill has not been
z this season, but it will begin ope-
81. ! In short time.
of the five convicts who escaped
tr.u he Augusta and Chattanooga rail-
~e- amps last Friday have been cap
t.>, Although every effort was made
81 .9h them, they proved too sharp, and,
s,uk to the dense and almost impene-
tsa a. SwSmps, made good their escape.
''Nt eyeral oil them are still in the neigh
ht j, however, seems certain.
Ramsay, the white man who was
eo and sentenced to the chain
Pulaski county in November last
ing with another mans morse, was
r.. by his relatives and friends day
8, before Christmas. William NJ.
g IN, who has the chain gang in
contributed himself 50 Of the sum
f.lt- 10 pay the fine ana costs.
l.- ses Johnson, large negro man,
hero OF nimself at Atlanta Thurs
bout noon lady who was walk
tt x Markham street, was assaulted
II Ou iuriated cow. The COW drove The
lffy t. INST The fence and was in tue act
ui i. ner when johnson rushed up
auU d bed the cow by the horns. The
COW W the negro several feet IN the
'ei, aud while the darby engaged her
o. c4dl 80 the lady escaped.
tt. Try and Mrs. L. Q. G. Lamar did
a0 le1 Atlanta for oxford, NJ iss
Iba,.gav as they intended. Tney were
leisaa by Governor and Mrs Gordon
"a i0dE l longer stay at the executive
~ No formal reception was gwen
~ tao ;reta:y and his wife, and none
va ven. During the day, however,
aiave lmber Of ladies and gentlemen
rtlet p. be mansion TO see the distin-
eulseeG visitors, and Thursday night
Fiili arEsr number called.
iut5er Johnson, an estimable young
fae We lives five or six miles from
liapl4. sd bis eye badly injured by the
llt OF cartridge cap Wednesday.
ut Ht- ling TO extract the cap, after
r.p il shell, and IL exploded, the
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